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VEJA reported that messages found by the Federal Police on Daniel Vorcaro's phone, the former owner of Banco Master, indicated that lawyer Walfrido Warde said that the banker had the support of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and members of the PT to try to save the institution. In an audio sent in March 2025, after the announcement of the purchase of 58% of Master’s capital by Banco de Brasília (BRB), Warde stated that Globo was trying to reduce Vorcaro's political support within the party. The operation depended on approval from the Central Bank. According to the magazine, the conversations showed contacts with government members and attempts to bring Vorcaro closer to Lula. The president was mentioned in at least 20 messages sent by Warde to the banker between April 2023 and July 2025. VEJA also reported that Vorcaro advised that any eventual show of support from Lula should be intermediated by Edinho Silva, president of the PT, to avoid exposing the president. The Central Bank liquidated Master in November 2025. #danielvorcaro #bancomaster #Lula #BancoCentral #PT (translated)

Central Reality stated that Grupo Globo announced the dismissal of Frederic Kachar, the general director of Print Media and Radio, after his private conversations with Daniel Vorcaro, held between October 2023 and July 2025, revealed a relationship considered inappropriate with an advertiser. https://t.co/s9hPBecnyE #GrupoGlobo #Mídia #RelaçõesPúblicas (translated)

Sâmia Bomfim stated that Márcio Canella, whom she described as close to Flávio Bolsonaro, was arrested. According to her, Canella is accused of money laundering, armed criminal organization, and corruption, and he was Flávio's candidate for the Senate from Rio de Janeiro. Bomfim said that he did not reach the position because he was arrested for the first time in July and questioned, in an ironic tone, the coincidence. https://t.co/fr6jLMoO7n #Corrupção #Justiça #Política (translated)

The Planeta do Futebol profile reported that the Motta Morais law firm was demanding R$ 73.7 thousand from Gerson and his father, Marcão, for an alleged breach of contract signed in 2025. According to the law firm, the agreement stipulated monthly payments of R$ 8 thousand for 36 months, but the installments from January to July 2026 had not been paid. The firm said it attempted to reach an agreement and sent a notification before legal action on August 4, with a deadline of 72 hours for payment. Since it did not receive a favorable response, it resorted to the courts. The lawsuit was in the initial phase. #Justiça #Advocacia #Contratos (translated)

The Noblat Blog reported that the former governor of Ceará, Ciro Gomes (PSDB), had dinner with Daniel Vorcaro at the lawyer Walfrido Warde's house in São Paulo. According to the publication, the meeting was organized to try to convince Gomes to stop criticizing the court orders related to interests of Banco Master. The information, according to the blog, was found in messages exchanged in July 2024 between Warde and Vorcaro. The material, obtained by Estadão, was part of the investigations into fraud at Banco Master. Before the dinner, Warde informed that Gomes would arrive at 8:30 PM, and Vorcaro asked if he could bring a whiskey. Later, Warde asked the banker if he had enjoyed the meeting. The blog added that Vorcaro was upset with Gomes' criticisms of the integrity of the court orders acquired by the owner of Master. According to the publication, there were no records of Gomes criticizing the operations on social media until December 2024. The politician's press office did not comment when contacted. #CiroGomes #BancoMaster #Precatórios (translated)

This time, the visit of Felipe VI takes place against the backdrop of the crisis triggered in Ceuta by the illegal entry, on July 30 and 31, of more than 70,000 people into the city, which the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, quickly described in those days as an attack and a violation of Spain's territorial integrity. #FelipeVI #Ceuta #Melilla (translated)

StagePop corrected the information and stated that the protest took place in Argentina and that the images of the girl had been circulating since July of that year. It also reported that Flávio Bolsonaro posted about the video on his Instagram profile. https://t.co/TwF0ymOKO7 #Argentina #FlávioBolsonaro #notícias (translated)

Jamesons stated that Meta reactivated its Instagram page after removing it in July, when it had more than 30,000 followers. According to the author, the company informed via email that the account did not violate Community Standards and could be used normally again. He said the page was deactivated for more than three months, including the entire first round of elections, and that the absence caused losses in reach, engagement, events, and content opportunities. Jamesons stated that he turned to the courts and that the process would continue, as the reactivation would not compensate for the damages. The author also alleged that Meta had been arbitrarily banning left-wing accounts while reducing their reach. He thanked those who followed the project during the period and asked for support to rebuild the page's presence on Instagram, with likes, comments, shares, and other interactions. #CulturaPop #LiberdadeDeExpressão #Justiça (translated)

Leandro Ruschel stated that a reporter from Veja considered that the attention given to the recording published by the magazine would be diverting focus from more serious allegations based on messages found on Daniel Vorcaro's cell phone. According to Ruschel, the reporter said that messages from 2024 and 2025 would indicate a collusion with executives from the pension funds of Banco do Brasil, Caixa, Petrobras, and Correios to raise R$ 10 billion, of which R$ 1 billion would be destined to the PT as a bribe. The account also mentioned more than 450 messages with an operator linked to the office of Minister Alexandre Padilha. Ruschel said that, according to the report, Banco Master entered in May 2024 a government list that would allow it to receive investments from the funds, despite having low credit ratings and being under investigation for fraud. During the same period, the bank reportedly negotiated R$ 500 million in credit letters with Caixa; the operation retreated after O Globo reported, in July 2024, the removal of two managers who had issued a negative opinion. The report also claimed that Padilha had said, in a meeting at the Palácio do Planalto, that agreements made with Olavo Noleto would count as agreements with the minister himself, and that, after dinner at Vorcaro's house in October 2024, the banker received a message saying that Lula would meet him and had liked the conversation. According to Ruschel, the reporter stated that Lula received Vorcaro in December and that messages from lawyer Walfrido Warde suggested pressure on the Central Bank to save Master. He added that Vorcaro would have presented the account to the Attorney General's Office (PGR), which had refused to receive the material, and that there would be evidence involving PGR members who had contact with the defense. Ruschel said that the reporter argued that Vorcaro should be heard and warned of the risk of diverting workers' resources to save the bank. #Corrupção #Política #Justiça (translated)

Felipe Moura Brasil shared the transcription of a reporter from Veja who defended a report amid the reactions to the publication of a recording. The journalist stated that, in addition to the audio, the article was based on messages found on Daniel Vorcaro's cell phone before he formalized a plea deal proposal. According to the reporter, Vorcaro had already presented a third proposal to the PGR, but the agency did not want to listen to him. In the transcription, the reporter claimed that messages from 2024 and 2025 indicated that Vorcaro had intermediaries at the Palácio do Planalto who were working with executives from the pension funds of Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica, Petrobras, and Correios. He asserted that the objective was to raise 10 billion reais from these funds, with 1 billion reais earmarked for bribes to the PT, as part of an agreement to save Banco Master. He also said that an operator linked to the office of Minister Alexandre Padilha sought fund executives and that meetings had been organized to facilitate the bank's operations. The reporter further stated that, in May 2024, Banco Master entered the so-called "exhaustive list," which, according to him, allowed the funds to invest in the institution. At the same time, he said, the bank was negotiating credit letters worth 500 million reais with Caixa Econômica. According to the journalist, the operation did not progress after the newspaper O Globo reported, in July 2024, that two managers from Caixa had been removed for issuing a negative opinion. He added that Vorcaro had reported, in a plea deal proposal to which the report had access, that Padilha and other PT members backed down after the case was disclosed. #Lula #Corrupção #Política (translated)

The water crisis in Almada, which left taps dry in July, was seen as a window of opportunity by the president of SMAS to reinforce resilience and solve long-standing disputes with Seixal, with the resolution of the CBR2 well problem expected soon. #Água #Almada #Seixal (translated)

Leonardo Dias wrote that, according to VEJA magazine (issue 3016, from 10/9/2026), Daniel Vorcaro reportedly detailed in audio and in material submitted to the PGR in June how Banco Master obtained access to the pension funds of state entities. In the version attributed to Vorcaro, Jaques Wagner allegedly facilitated the connection, and partner Augusto Lima reportedly met with João Vaccari Neto. Dias stated that Vorcaro described a payment of about R$ 30 million in cash for Oliver Stone's documentary about Lula, through Paulo Okamotto, in addition to an undisclosed amount to the Lula Institute. Later, according to the report, the Master would pay 10% of what it raised from the funds of BB, Caixa, Petrobras, and Correios: Vorcaro estimated R$ 1 billion for the PT and R$ 9 billion for himself. The author also mentioned messages found on Vorcaro's cell phone. According to Dias, an operator identified as Júlio introduced him to Olavo Noleto, the executive secretary of Alexandre Padilha. On 4/29/2024, Master was said to have entered a list that released the funds; on the same day, Júlio allegedly demanded R$ 500,000. Two days later, a dinner with Padilha was said to have occurred at the banker’s house. In October, Júlio reportedly wrote that the president would meet with Vorcaro. Dias added that Padilha allegedly said dealing with Noleto was equivalent to dealing with him. According to the author, the operation stopped in July 2024, after it became public that Caixa managers opposed to the deal had lost their positions. Vorcaro was said to have claimed that municipal funds yielded R$ 6 million to Padilha’s group. Dias compared this amount to the more than R$ 60 million from Dark Horse and reported that Vorcaro differentiated the payments linked to Lula from those related to Flávio. Dias noted that Lula, Padilha, and Noleto denied the accusations. He also stated that there was no evidence that the meeting with Lula promised by Júlio took place; the only confirmed meeting at the Planalto, on 12/4/2024 and outside the official agenda, reportedly dealt with the Master at the Central Bank. The author said that the PGR dismissed the attachment due to a lack of evidence of cash payments and that the same archived material mentioned payments to Davi Alcolumbre and members of the Judiciary. #Lula #Corrupção #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)

Renato Souza reported that Cleitinho stated they had been on vacation since July and argued that the end of the 6x1 schedule should have already been approved. According to Souza, Cleitinho also said that it would be great to approve it that day and that the agenda did not interfere with the election. #Férias #Trabalho #Eleições (translated)

More than 2,700 migrants who were in Ceuta voluntarily returned to Morocco last week, while the Spanish government dismantled illegal camps and declared that it is closer to solving the crisis triggered by the massive influx of migrants in July. #Migração #Ceuta #Marrocos (translated)